SNY Invitational high school basketball event canceled

The four-team SNY Invitational high school basketball tournament, sponsored and televised by Sportsnet New York, has been canceled.

Here is a statement released by the network:

“After being notified yesterday, two days prior to the start of the SNY Invitational, that Long Island University was no longer available to us, we worked through the night to come up with what we believed was a viable plan to move the event to St Raymond High School for Boys. Unfortunately, as the details related to the large expected crowd and complex logistics became more clear, it was determined that St. Raymond’s facility could not adequately accommodate an event of this size on 24 hours’ notice.

“While we regret the outcome, we are committed to making sure the four schools and all of the deserving Tri-State Area students receive their promised funding and scholarships. We are disappointed this year’s tournament will not take place and apologize for any inconvenience this causes the teams, their fans and our corporate partners. We are committed to the SNY Invitational maintaining its position in the community and it is our intent to pick up where we left off in 2013.”

Pete Dougherty

One Response

According to the Daily News, LIU said that a new NCAA regulation left them open to sanctions if they held the tournament. The article did not explain further. It was a bit disingenuous of SNY to state only that LIU was not available – it’s my Alma Mater and I don’t like SNY trying to make it look bad.